"A
clear conscience is a great step toward barricading the mind against
neuroticism." - William Sadler, Psychiatrist

While
visiting a park, Dale Carnegie observed a grizzly bear eating with a
skunk. The grizzly allowed no other animal to eat with him.
Although he resented the skunk, the bear would not pick a fight with
him. He had no doubt learned the high cost of getting even.

Saul
of Tarsus, the former Jewish enforcer met the Crucified and Resurrected
Jesus Christ in a blinding light on the Damascus Road. He built God's
Church upon Christ alone - the Solid Rock - among the Gentiles in Asia Minor
and Europe. (1 Peter 2:6-8; 1 Corinthians 3:10, 11)

He
stated: "Thank God for (Jesus Christ) His unspeakable Gift." (2
Corinthians 9: 15); "Grace be unto you and peace from God the Father, and
from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who GAVE
Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present
evil world, according to the will
of our God and Father." (Galatians 1 3,4)

"For
the GRACE OF GOD
that brings Salvation hath appeared to all men.
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously and godly in this present world.

"Looking
for that blessed Hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ: Who GAVE Himself for us that He might REDEEMus from all
iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar (purchased)
people, zealous of Good works." (Titus 2:12-14)

Seven
hundred years before God the Son was INCARNATED (God in human flesh),
Isaiah prophesied His Coming: "He
was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is
brought as a LAMB to the slaughter
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so He opened not his
mouth." (Isaiah 53: 7)

The
Bible says: For God so loved the world that He GAVE His Only Begotten Son
that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have Eternal
Life." (John 3:16)

And
Jesus said: "I am come to seek and to save that which is lost." (Luke
19:10). I join with St. Paul and millions of Christians world wide,
saying: Thanks be unto God for
Jesus Christ His unspeakable Gift to the world.Christ has died! Christ is Risen! Christ shall come again! Amen

St.
Paul could never forget his 'High
Noon Encounter' with Jesus of Nazareth on the Damascus Road! So
bright was the LIGHT and so powerful was the encounter that it left him
sprawling on the dusty road and his eyes encrusted over rendering him
sightless!

Lying
on the road, Saul humbly asked for instructions: "And
he trembling and astonished said,Lord,
what wilt Thou have me to do?And
the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told
thee what thou must do." (Acts 9:4-6)

QUESTIONS
EVERYONE SHOULD ASK

Here
are the two questions that both believers and unbelievers should ask the
Lord: "Who Are You Lord?"and"What do You want me to do?"
Do we really know who Jesus really is, and what He would have us do?

Years
later, Saul of Tarsus, who changed his name to Paul (the little one),
cried out: "That I may KNOW Him
and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings,
being made conformable unto His death." (Philippians 3:10)

How
could he forget the supernatural encounter with the Son of God on the
Damascus Road that radically changed his life and the Church which he had
so brutally persecuted?

Stamped
on his memory were the events of getting off the ground and asking for
someone to lead him by the hand, three days without food or water, Ananias
laying his hands upon him, scales falling off his eyes, being baptized in
water and filled with the Holy Spirit.

Relating
his testimony to the crowd in the temple who wanted to kill him, he
stated:"And
when I could not see for the glory of that LIGHT,
being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. And
on Ananias... came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul,
receive thy sight and the same hour I looked up upon him.

"And
he said, the God of our fathers hath chosen thee that thou should KNOW His
WILL, and SEE
the JUST ONE, and should HEAR the VOICE
of His MOUTH.
For thou shall be His WITNESS unto all men of what thou hast seen and
heard."(Acts 22:
11-15)

Did
St. Paul KNOW Jesus of Nazareth? If anyone did, then Paul did, but he
yearned to know Him more intimately! He had been tutored by our Lord while
in Arabia and Jesus had appeared to Him at various times. He had appeared
to Him in the temple:

"And
it came to pass that when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I
prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; And I SAW HIM saying unto me,
Make haste and get the quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive
thy testimony CONCERNING ME.

"And
I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in EVERY synagogue them
that believed on Thee; And when the blood of Thy martyr Steven was shed, I
also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment
of them that slew him.

"And
He said unto me, DEPART: for I will send thee far hence unto the
Gentiles." (Acts 22:17-21).

"He
was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is
brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is
dumb so He opened not his mouth." (Isaiah 53: 7)

WHAT
YOU MUST DO TO RECEIVE GOD'S GIFT OF SALVATION

1.
You must admit that you are a sinner

The
Bible says, "If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar,
and his word is not in us." (1 John 1:10)

"For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23)

"Wherefore,
as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death
passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" (Romans 5:12)

"And
the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:" (Acts 17:30)

3.
You must BELIEVE that JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU, was buried, and rose
again from the dead.

"But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

"That
it thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved." (Romans 10:9)

"For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John
3:16)

4.
You must INVITE JESUS into your life to become your personal Saviour.

"For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
(Romans 10:13)

"For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:10)

HOW
DO I INVITE JESUS CHRIST INTO MY LIFE?

Pray
to God, a prayer - from your heart. Tell Him that you are a
sinner and that you need forgiveness. Tell him that you believe
Jesus Christ died for your sins. Tell him that you are willing to
change, to turn away from sin. Ask Jesus Christ to come into your
heart and life and be your personal Saviour.

"But
as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name." (John 1:12)

"Therefore
if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)

If
you prayed and ask Jesus Christ into your heart - YOU HAVE NOW RECEIVED
THE GIFT OF SALVATION - YOU HAVE BECOME A CHILD OF GOD. God Bless
You.

Isaiah
9:6 - (kjv) - For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall
be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace,

Isaiah
7:14 - (kjv) - Therefore
the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Galatians
4:4 -
(kjv) - But
when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a
woman, made under the law,

Micah
5:2 - (kjv) - But
thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of
Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler
in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.

John
1:14 - (kjv) - And
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Matthew
2:1 - (kjv) - Now
when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Genesis
3:15 - (kjv) - And
I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

1
Peter 3:18 - (kjv) -
For Christ
also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the
Spirit;

John
1:1 - (kjv) - In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.

Luke
1:35 - (kjv) - And
the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that
holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Matthew
2:11 - (kjv) - And
when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold and frankincense, and
myrrh.

Matthew
1:25 - (kjv) - And
knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he call his
name JESUS.

Matthew
1:18 - (kjv) - Now
the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of
the Holy Ghost.

Isaiah
53:1-12 - (kjv) - Who
hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Revelation
20:7-9 - (kjv) - And
when the
thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

2
Peter 3:8 - (kjv) - But,
beloved, be no ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

2
Peter 1:21 - (kjv) - For
the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

Colossians
1:18 - (kjv) - And
he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the
preeminence.

Luke
2:7 - (kjv) - And
she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,
and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Colossians
1:18 - (kjv) - And
he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the
preeminence.

Matthew
1:22 - (kjv) - Now
all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord
by the prophet, saying,

Matthew
1:23 - (kjv) - Behold,
a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall
call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

1
Corinthians 15:22 - (kjv) - For
as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

John
14:6 - (kjv) - Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me.

Luke
2:1-20-
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (Read
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Daniel
2:44-
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other
people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and
it shall stand for ever.

2
John 1:9-
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath
not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the
Father and the Son.

1
John 5:7-
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and
the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

2
Peter 3:12-
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat?

2
Peter 3:10-
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up.

Hebrews
10:7-
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,)
to do thy will, O God.

Hebrews
9:7-
But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the
people:

Hebrews
2:9-13-
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the
suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of
God should taste death for every man. (Read
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2
Timothy 3:16-
All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

1
Timothy 2:5-
For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus;

1
Timothy 2:4-
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the
truth.

1
Thessalonians 5:23-
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.

1
Thessalonians 5:3-
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Colossians
1:9-18-
For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray
for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his
will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (Read
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Romans
1:16-18-
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God
unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to
the Greek. (Read
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Acts
10:1-48-
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the
band called the Italian [band], (Read
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Acts
3:19-21-
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
(Read
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Acts
2:22-31-
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of
God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in
the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: (Read
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John
20:28-
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.